OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS
- The Office of the Controller of Examinations is headed by a Controller of Examinations, The Principal is the Chief of Examinations, assisted by Examination Core team, Assistant Section Admin and Supporting Staff.
- The Examination rules & regulations for conduction & evaluation are framed by the Examination committee and is presented in the Academic Counsel & Governing Body for their perusal and approval.
- Office of Controller of Examinations is responsible for scheduling (time table) and conducting Mid Semester Examinations and End Semester Examinations for all Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programmers
- Facilitates Board of Examination meetings every semester.
- Responsible for generation question papers, valuation, tabulation, announcing results and issue of marks cards, Transcripts, Provisional Degree Certificates.
- Maintains all records pertaining to examinations.
- Conducts college convocation every year.
CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS
Ms. N Vanishree MSc., MPhil
Email : coe.nmkrv@rvei.edu.in
Visiting hours : 2pm to 4 pm (Monday to Friday)
CONTINIOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
- Passing marks for CIA in each subject is 40% of the maximum marks assigned.
MID SEMESTER EXAMIANTIONS (MSE)
- MSE will be conducted 8 weeks / 2 months after the commencement of each semester.
- The exams are conducted for theory subjects.
- The duration for MSE is 90 min.
- No re-exam will be conducted for the absentees.
END SEMESTER EXAMIANTIONS (ESE)
- ESE will be held for both Theory and Practical subjects.
- Exams for all the subjects will be for 3 hours duration.
- The Office of COE will frame the time table for End semester theory examinations.
- Time table for practical examinations will be framed by the respective departments.
- Minimum passing marks for each subject is 40% of the maximum marks.
- The COE will preserve all the answer scripts of ESE for six months.
EXAMINATION CONDUCT RULES
- Centralized exams will be held for both MSE and ESE.
- A QR / Bar code will be given for identification of the candidates for ESE and ensure maximum confidentiality in valuation.
- Candidates should not write the name or register number anywhere on answer booklets or additional sheets and adhere to the guidelines given by the invigilators.
- Strict action will be taken on students booked under malpractice.
- Centralized valuation will be conducted for ESE.
SUPPLEMENTARY & FAST TRACK EXAMINATIONS
- Supplementary exams will be conducted every session (ODD/ EVEN ) , all semesters for UG programs
- Supplementary exams for odd semester subjects will be conducted during the ESE for the odd semester and for even semester during ESE for the even semesters.
- Attempt number will be mentioned in the marks card.
- Repeaters after four attempts will have to answer the question paper framed as on the current syllabus.
- Fast Track examination will be conducted only for VI semester - UG. Students who have cleared in all the subjects from I to V semesters are eligible to take up the fasttrack exam.
- Special supplementary examinations will be conducted for students who have failed in only one paper or could not appear for one paper, for that subject immediately on request to the COE during even semester.
READRESSAL
- Revaluation request should be made within 10 days after the announcement of ESE results.
- Photo copy of the answer scripts can be taken on request for that semester only.
- Challenge valuation will be undertaken.
- Fee will be collected for photo copy, revaluation and challenge valuation.
- Improvement examination for will be conducted for eligible students of VI semester UG.
ATTENDANCE
The guidelines of attendance requirement are framed by the college under Autonomous Scheme. Attendance shall be considered semester wise only.
- 75% of attendance is mandatory in each paper individually to take up the End Semester Examinations.
- If the absence of a student in a semester is less than 40%, she will not be permitted to that semester examination. (The working days for a semester will be 90 days).
- Students representing the college in various activities should get bonafide certificates from the staff in charge to get advantage in attendance . ( When calculating the attendance percentage of the students representing the college in NCC , sports and other activities , due consideration will be given to the days when they so represented the college)
- Students who has less than 75% attendance on grounds of illness or involvement in extra-curricular activities will have to seek condoning from the Principal producing valid documents.
- In case of illness, a student must submit a doctor’s medical certificate and related documents along with the application for leave. Leave application must be submitted within three days of the student’s absence. (Submission of leave application in itself will not suffice for the purpose of obtaining condoning.)
EXAMINATION SCHEME
- Choice based credit system (UG & PG).
- Each course carries certain number of credits. The results will be given in both percentage and SGPA.
- Final results for the degree will be captured through GCPA.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Components of Evaluation
CONTINIOUS INTRNAL ASSESSMENT (CIA) END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS (ESE) |
CONTINIOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT (CIA)
CIA for all subjects is graded by the respective departments and the marks are submitted to the Office of COE by all departments at the end of each semester.
Three appraisal types for CIA are, Attendance / Mid Semester Examinations / Other Internal Assessment.
Attendance grading (marks)
Percentage | Marks |
75% | 01 |
Above 75% to 80% | 01 |
Above 80% to 85% | 02 |
Above 85% to 90% | 03 |
Above 90% to 95% | 04 |
Above 95% | 05 |
Mid Semester Exam
- MSE is conducted for 35 marks (30 for BCom core papers) & 90 min duration.
- The marks scored will be scaled down to 10 (15 for BCom core papers).
Other Internal Assessments
- Each department assess based on the Tests / Assignments / Seminars / Field visit / Projects / Paper presentation for 15 marks (10 for BCom core papers)
Evaluation for CIA & ESE are as follows
Appraisal Type | THEORY | PRACTICAL | |
Subjects with Max marks = 100 | Subjects with Max marks = 150 | Max marks = 50 | |
CONTINIOUS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT | |||
Attendance | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Mid Semester Examination | 10* | 10 | - |
Other Internal Assessment | 15** | 35 | 10 |
Total CIA | 30 | 50 | 15 |
Passing Marks | 12 | 20 | 6 |
END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS | |||
EE maximum | 70 | 100 | 35 |
Passing Marks | 28 | 40 | 14 |
* 15 Marks for core papers in BCom program. ** 10 Marks for core papers in BCom program
ELIGIBILITY CRITERION FOR PROMOTION
Undergraduate Courses:
- Promotion from II to III Semester: Students will have to pass in 50% of subjects from I and II semesters together (Internal Assessment and End Semester exams) to be promoted to the III Semester.
- Promotion from IV to V Semester: Students will have to pass in 75% of subjects from I and II semesters together and 75% of the subjects from III and IV semesters together (both Internal Assessment and End Semester Exams) to be promoted to V Semester.
- There will be an automatic promotion for all the students from I to II semester, III to IV Semester and V to VI Semester.
- Students will get 5 years from the date of joining the course to complete the course i.e., 2 years from the completion of the 3 year degree program. In effect the student will get 4 attempts to complete the course after 3rd year.
APPLICATION FORMS / LINKS
EXAMINATION REFORMS
- Supplementary exams are conducted for both odd and even semesters during End Semester Examinations for UG courses.
- Fast Track examinations for VI semester - UG was introduced in the year 2015. The exams are conducted for VI semester subjects only and for the current year. Students who have cleared all the papers from I to V semesters are eligible to take up the Fast Track examination. Fast Track /Enhancement Examination is conducted and results declared before admission dates are announced by PG institutions.
- Special supplementary examinations will be conducted for students who have failed in only one paper or could not appear for one paper, for that subject immediately on request to the COE during even semester.
- Improvement examination for the VI semester to improve the percentage - UG in year 2018. Students who have cleared all the semesters from I to V scoring a minimum of 60% are eligible.
- Challenge valuation option is given to the students where in the valuation is performed by external examiner in presence of the Chairperson of the board and the student.
- A, B, C and D versions of the question papers with MCQs shuffled in different order are adapted.
- Eligibility criteria for promotion to III year was revised.
Before : Students should have cleared all the subjects of I year and 50% subjects from II year .
Now : Students should have cleared 75% of the subjects from I year and 75% subjects from II year.
- During COVID-19 pandemic, the examinations were conducted online with autoproctoring using Google forms and Timer + Proctor . The question paper was MCQ based.
- ERP software - Systems Applications and Products (SAP) - SLcM implemented to manage the examination system.